Electronic Arts and Crave Entertainment Ships Global Operations for the PC.Business Editors/Entertainment & High-Tech Writers REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 27, 2002 Players get a dose of authentic war-like settings in Global Operations(TM) as the multiplayer-focused team-based tactical first person perspective game features 13 real world locations and "hot spots" such as Chechnya, Sri Lanka, North Africa and the South China Seas. The game also features 26 elite fighting forces. In partnership with Crave Entertainment and Electronic Arts (Nasdaq:ERTS ERTS Electronic Arts, Inc. (stock symbol) ERTS Earth Resources Technology Satellite (US NASA) ERTS Embedded Real Time Systems ERTS Enhanced Remote Transit Shed ) are jointly publishing Global Operations for the PC worldwide. Global Operations boasts a massive multiplayer component that supports up to 24 players. The emphasis is on co-operative play as teams try to accomplish a wide variety of mission types. Players experience a unique troop reinforcement scheme that reinserts players into the game via a helicopter, APC (1) (American Power Conversion Corporation, West Kingston, RI, www.apcc.com) The leading manufacturer of UPS systems and surge suppressors, founded in 1981 by Rodger Dowdell, Neil Rasmussen and Emanual Landsman, three electronic power engineers who had worked at MIT. or truck. The game also supports single player game with AI bots bots maggots of flies which infest animals, especially horses and sheep. The term bot is also loosely used to include the invasive maggots such as those of Cuterebra and Wohlfahrtia spp. horse bots see gasterophilus. . Global Operations offers more than 30 real weapons including handguns, machine guns, shotguns, rifles, and anti-tank weaponry. Weapon ballistics ballistics (bəlĭs`tĭks), science of projectiles. Interior ballistics deals with the propulsion and the motion of a projectile within a gun or firing device. are accurately modeled affecting so that players can shoot through walls and ceilings depending on distance and caliber of weapon. Global Operations also features more than 12 military hardware tools such as grenades, night vision goggles goggles, n the protective eyewear worn by dental personnel and patients during dental procedures. goggles see periocular leukotrichia. , thermal vision and various explosive devices. The game includes a specialty system in which players can choose from six customizable specialties including sniper, recon, medic and heavy gunner, each with unique strengths and weaknesses, as well as an intelligence officer that can give help to the team from a safe distance. Global Operations for the PC was developed by Barking Dog Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia. More information can be found on the official EA product web site www.globalopsgame.com. Global Operations carries an ESRB ESRB Entertainment Software Rating Board ESRB Estrogen Receptor Beta ESRB Explosive Safety Review Board rating of "M" (Mature) and MSRP MSRP Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price MSRP Message Session Relay Protocol MSRP Multi-Species Recovery Plan (US Fish & Wildlife Service) MSRP Member of the Society for Radiological Protection (UK) of US$39.99 ABOUT CRAVE ENTERTAINMENT Based in Los Angeles, California, Crave Entertainment is a privately held publisher of videogame entertainment products. The company's best-selling line-up features top brands and franchises such as Ultimate Fighting Championship This article covers the organization itself. For the inaugural event which went by the same name, see UFC 1. Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is a U.S.-based mixed martial arts (MMA) organization, currently recognized as the largest MMA promotion in the world. and Tokyo Xtreme Racer Tokyo Xtreme Racer, known as Shutokou Battle (首都高バトル) in Japan and Tokyo Highway Challenge in Europe, is one of the first launch games released for Sega Dreamcast in 1999. . Crave produces games for the major console platforms including Game Boy(R) Advance, Nintendo GameCube, the PlayStation(R) game console, PlayStation(R)2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox(TM) video game system from Microsoft, and for the PC. For more information about Crave Entertainment, please www.cravegames.com. ABOUT ELECTRONIC ARTS Electronic Arts (Nasdaq:ERTS), headquartered in Redwood City, California Redwood City is a suburb located on the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. Redwood City is the county seat of San Mateo County. As of the 2005 census, the city had a total population of 76,000. , is the world's leading interactive entertainment software company. Founded in 1982, Electronic Arts posted revenues of more than $1.3 billion for fiscal 2001. The company develops, publishes and distributes software worldwide for the Internet, personal computers and video game systems. Electronic Arts markets its products under four brand names: EA SPORTS(TM), EA GAMES(TM), EA SPORTS BIG(TM) and EA.COM(SM). More information about EA's products and full text of press releases can be found on the Internet at http://www.info.ea.com. Note to Editors: Co-published and distributed by Crave Entertainment, Inc. and Electronic Arts Inc. Global Operations, Crave Entertainment and the Crave Entertainment Logo are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Crave Entertainment, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries. Electronic Arts is a trademark or registered trademark of Electronic Arts Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Developed by Barking Dog Studios Limited. LITHTECH(TM) game engine licensed from LithTech, Inc. (c) 1997-2000 LithTech, Inc. All Rights Reserved. LITHTECH and the LithTech logo are trademarks of LithTech, Inc. All other trademarks and copyrights are the property of their respective holders. |
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